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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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